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John F. Kennedy: “Hatless Jack”

Posted in ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, & DESIGN, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Stanley Tretick, tagged fort worth chamber of commerce and jfk, fort worth chamber of commerce and john kennedy, hatless Jack, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, kennedy and hats, kennedy and rice festival, Kennedy assassination, stanley tretick on January 19, 2015| 2 Comments »

John F. Kennedy loved to eat at Howard Johnson restaurants: Whenever he saw one on the campaign trail, we’d have to stop so he could duck in, order two hot dogs and a soft drink,” said photographer Stanley Tretick, who covered the 1960 presidential campaign for United Press International. Kennedy was the democratic candidate. Once Tretick […]

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John F. Kennedy & PT-109

Posted in Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Stanley Tretick, tagged camelot photos, Jackie Kennedy, john f. kennedy and pt 109, pictures of john f. kennedy young, pt 109 pin, stanley tretick and kennedys, WW2 on January 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Writer Kitty Kelley always wondered what her photographer friend Stanley Tretick kept in his Marine Corps locker that he used as a coffee table in his study. One day she asked him what was inside. Nude pictures,” he told her, winking. She took him at his word and thought no more about it. The two had been […]

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Jackie Kennedy’s Pink Suit

Posted in Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Kennedys, the, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lyndon Johnson & Lady Bird, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, tagged biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Chanel suits, Chez Ninon, Dallas, Fort Worth, Jackie Kennedy, jackie kennedy and the pink suit, jackie kennedy's blood-stained suit, Jackie Kennedy's pink Chanel suit, jackie kennedy's pink suit, John Connally, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson's swearing-in as president, Nellie Connally, Texas, the Kennedy assassination on February 12, 2011| 71 Comments »

President John F. Kennedy looked out the window of his Fort Worth, Texas, hotel suite. The November sky was dark and threatening. It looked like rain. Forecasters predicted cool weather. The president advised his wife Jackie to dress warmly for the long and demanding day and personally selected her oufit. He chose a pink wool suit with three-quarter-length sleeves and a blue […]

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The Kennedys: Marked by Tragedy and Success

Posted in Bobby Kennedy, Edward "Ted" Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Kathleen Kennedy (Cavendish), Kennedys, the, PEOPLE, Rosemary Kennedy, tagged Buckingham Palace, Carolyn Bessette, Chappaquiddick, David Kennedy, Duke of Devonshire, Edward Kennedy, joe kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., kathleen "kick" kennedy, kathleen kennedy, kathleen kennedy cavendish, Kennedy family photos, Kennedy family tragedies, Michael Kennedy, Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, robert kennedy, rose kennedy, rosemary kennedy, rosemary kennedy's lobotomy, Ted Kennedy dies, the Marquess of Hartington, William Cavendish on August 26, 2009| 3 Comments »

Factbox: Kennedy Political Dynasty Marked By Tragedy By REUTERS Published: August 26, 2009 (Compiled from Web sites by the World Desk Americas) The lives of Kennedy family members, noted for their extraordinary accomplishments, have also been marked by tragedy, including the assassinations of President John Kennedy and of Senator Robert Kennedy. Following is a […]

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The Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

Posted in Boston Corbett, John Wilkes Booth, Mental Institutions, tagged 19th century hatmaking, Abraham Lincoln, Boston Corbett, Edwin Stanton, insane asylum, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln Assassination, mad as a hatter, mental illness, mercury poisoning on June 4, 2009| 17 Comments »

The man who killed John Wilkes Booth was as mad as a hatter. His name was Boston Corbett. Actually, his name was not originally Boston Corbett, but Thomas T. Corbett. He became a reborn evangelical Christian while in Boston which he took as his new name. He began to wear his hair long like Jesus. […]

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Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979, Part Three: The Jig is Up

Posted in British Royal Family/Nobles, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, Mayor Jane Byrne, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Princess Margaret, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged Abra Prentice Anderson, Abra Prentice Wilkin, Chicago, IRA, Irish Catholics in America, irish pigs remark, irish slur, JFK, Mayor Jane Byrne, Princess Margaret, Royal Opera House fundraising, U.S. Tour 1979 on July 16, 2020| 4 Comments »

READERS: Before reading this post, please read Parts One and Two of Princess Margaret’s Trip to America, 1979. On October 11, 1979, Princess Margaret (1926-2001) and her entourage landed in Chicago to begin her tour of America to raise funds for the renovation of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London. As President of […]

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Obama Avoids a Dukakis Moment

Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Mike Dukakis, PEOPLE, tagged 1988 Presidential Campaign, Dukakis in the tank, George H. Bush, Lee Atwater, Obama in a tiara, presidents in hats on January 20, 2015| 4 Comments »

Tulsa Girl Scouts were able to convince President Obama to break one of his cardinal rules and wear something on his head for a group shot: a tiara. Last April, the Navy football team tried to get the Commander-in-Chief to do the same thing but with different headgear – a custom-made football helmet – but they were unsuccessful. […]

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Maya Angelou: A Dream Realized?

Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Barack and Michelle Obama, Kennedys, the, Maya Angelou, PEOPLE, Rosa Parks; Malcolm X, tagged "I Have a Dream" speech, Abraham Lincoln, American civil rights movement, American Civil War, American history, American slavery, Barack Obama, biographies of African-American writers, biographies of African-Americans, biographies of statesmen, biography of women writers, civil rights movement, death of Maya Angelou, Dr. Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Jr.'s granddaughter, Lincoln Memorial, lynching, Malcolm X, March on Washington, Maya Angelou, pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King, pictures of michelle obama, Rosa Parks, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, the Kennedys, Trayvon Martin, Yolanda King on May 31, 2014| 2 Comments »

On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his rousing, “I Have a Dream” speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters gathered for the March on Washington. The speech calls for an end to racism in America. It was considered by many to be the most […]

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The Secret Service Code Names

Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Kennedys, the, PEOPLE, POLITICS & GOV'T, Prince Charles of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth II, RELIGION, Ronald Reagan (& Nancy), ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, biographies of politicians, Frank Sinatra, George H. Bush, George W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Hillary Clinton, Jackie Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, John McCain, Laura Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Michelle Obama, pictures of Kennedy assassination, pictures of Reagan assassination attempt, Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, richard nixon, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Secret Service agent Clint Hill, the White House, U.S. Presidents, U.S. Secret Service code names on February 9, 2011| 11 Comments »

The United States Secret Service uses code names to refer to the President of the United States, his family, other officials, and places. Originally, these code names were designed to protect sensitive communications, back in the day before restricted communications were routinely encrypted. Nowadays, there is no need to keep these names secret. Nevertheless, The Secret Service […]

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New Photo: Is that Really JFK on a Yacht with Naked Women?

Posted in John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, PEOPLE, tagged Jackie Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy miscarriage, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy infidelity, Ted Kennedy, TMZ, TMZ photo of JFK on boat with nude women on December 28, 2009| 12 Comments »

Posted Dec 28th 2009 2:07AM by TMZ Staff TMZ has obtained a never-before published photograph which appears to show John F. Kennedy on a boat filled with naked women — it’s a photo that could have altered world events. We believe the photo was taken in the mid-1950s. It shows two naked women jumping off […]

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Sinatra: From Donkey to Elephant

Posted in Frank Sinatra, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Pat and Peter Lawford, PEOPLE, tagged Bing Crosby and Kennedy, biographies of singers, Bobby Kennedy, Frank Sinatra and Kennedy, Frank Sinatra Democrat, Frank Sinatra Republican, Marilyn Monroe and Kennedy, Palm Springs, Pat Lawford, Peter Lawford, Sinatra and the Mafia, Sinatra tears up helipad, Sinatra with sledgehammer, Sinatra's mob connections, Sinatra's temper on November 23, 2009| 10 Comments »

Singer and film star Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) grew up poor and lower class in Hoboken, New Jersey. Once he made it big in showbiz (thanks to help from his Mafia cronies), he obsessed about fitting in with the upper class. He wormed his way into politics, using his Hollywood star power to campaign and fundraise […]

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Queen Elizabeth with 12 U.S. Presidents

Posted in PEOPLE, Queen Elizabeth II, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged American history, American presidents, biographies of royalty, biographies of women, British History, British Royal Family/Nobles, British royalty, Duke of Edinburg, Duke of Edinburgh, Great Britain, House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, House of Windsor, Kenya, photos of the Queen, Prince Philip, Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, the British monarchy, the Queen, the Queen with Obama, the Queen with President Bush, the Queen with President Carter, the Queen with President Clinton, the Queen with President Eisenhower, the Queen with President Ford, the Queen with President Hoover, the Queen with President Kennedy, the Queen with President Nixon, the Queen with President Reagan, the Queen with President Truman, the Queen with U.S. Presidents, the Tudor Dynasty, the United Kingdom, TIME magazine 1952 Woman of the Year on October 18, 2009| 38 Comments »

In February 1952, Princess Elizabeth was touring Kenya with her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh when she received the bad news that her father, King George VI of Great Britain, had passed away. Thus, at the tender age of 25, Elizabeth ascended the throne to become Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, […]

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Coco Chanel, Nazi Lovers, and the Windsor Set

Posted in Adolf Hitler, Coco Chanel, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, PEOPLE, Salvador Dali, tagged Adolf Hitler, biographies of women, biographies of women designers, Coco Chanel, Dallas, Diana Mitford, Elsa Schiaparelli, Elsie de Wolfe, France, French haute couture, french women nazi collaborators photos, Gabrielle Chanel, Great Britain, Jackie Kennedy in Chanel, JFK assassination, Kennedys, King Edward VIII, King George VI, Mona Bismarck, Nazi sympathizers, Oswald Mosley, Salvador Dali, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Nazis, the Windsor Set, Wallis Warfield Simpson, Winston Churchill on September 29, 2009| 13 Comments »

In 1937, after King Edward VIII had given up the British throne to marry his American divorcee, Wallis Warfield Simpson, the two tiny, trim party animals were exiled to France, where they were doomed to live a life of idle nothingness. They were given the new but hollow titles of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Accustomed to […]

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Marilyn Monroe: Gentlemen Prefer…Skin and Beads

Posted in Bobby Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, PEOPLE, tagged Adlai Stevenson, Aristotle Onassis, Arthur Miller, biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Christie's auction of Monroe dress, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Kennedy, Harry Belafonte, Jack Benny, Jackie Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy at White House, Jackie Kennedy riding horses, Jean-Louis gown, Kennedy White House years, Kennedys, Maria Callas, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe and JFK, Marilyn Monroe and RFK, Marilyn Monroe at Madison Square Garden, Marilyn Monroe death, Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes image, Marilyn Monroe video Happy Birthday Mr. President, Marilyn's skin and beads gown, Norma Jean Baker, Peggy Lee, Peter Lawford, President Kennedy, President Kennedy's affairs, President Kennedy's birthday bash on September 16, 2009| 28 Comments »

It was a star-studded event. It was Saturday, May 19, 1962, and the young, dashing, and popular U.S. President John F. Kennedy was turning 45. The Democratic Party held a huge fundraiser at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The birthday salute was televised before a national audience and 15,000 people had paid for seats to […]

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Where is Lee Harvey Oswald Buried?

Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, John Wilkes Booth, Kennedys, the, Lee Harvey Oswald, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Baltimore, Dallas Texas, Fort Worth Texas, Jack Ruby, John F. Kennedy, John Wilkes Booth, Kennedy assassination, Kennedys, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's grave, Lincoln Assassination, Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park on September 9, 2009| 22 Comments »

I was sitting at the hair salon today, getting highlights and a cut, talking with my stylist about assassins and where they were buried. I know where Abraham Lincoln‘s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, is buried – Baltimore, but, I wondered aloud, “Where is John F. Kennedy‘s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald buried?” My first thought was Dallas, but […]

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